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Germany: a regional compromise ended a conflict in the building sector
Building social partners agreed, on the night of July 4, on regional changes to the collective agreement passed in May between the sectorial union IG BAU and the sector's two employers'...
6 July 2007
Italy: 18.000 precarious workers from call centers “stabilized” in the first 4 months of 2007
The Slc Cgil, union of the CGIL's communication workers, broadcasted a report on the regularization of call centers - which employ about 250.000 people, mostly with precarious contracts -...
5 July 2007
Lithuania: social benefits raises on 1st of July 2007
Minimum monthly wage has been raised by 16.7 % from 600 to 700 litas (from 174 to 203 euros), minimum hourly pay went up from 3.66 to 4.19 litas (from 1.06 to 1.21 euros). This will affect about...
4 July 2007
France: negotiations on the modernization of the labour market started
Social partners started, on July 4, 2007, a negotiation on the securing of professional course, the employment contract and the unemployment insurance before starting, at the end of the year, the...
4 July 2007
Inditex: the textile group wants to assume its global corporate social responsibility
Inditex is taking seriously its role of global company and its social responsibility policy. The textile group, which owns Zara and which recently intervened in favour of the defense of employees'...
EU: the Parliament’s Social Affairs’ Commission gave its view on modernization of labour law
Deputies from the Social Affairs' Commission adopted, on June 25, 2007, the report from the Polish deputy Jacek Protasiewicz (PPE-DE) on the European Commission's Green Book on modernization of...
4 July 2007
Bulgaria: demonstration of Lukoil Nephtohim Bourgas SA’s workers
Workers of the largest refinery of the Balkan peninsula demonstrated on June 18 to ask for the benefits of the enforcement of the "regulation for reduced working time" which governs activities...
4 July 2007
Brunel: an international framework agreement on fundamental labour standards was signed
The Dutch company Brunel's management signed, on April 13, 2007, an international framework agreement with the international Metalworkers' federation (IMF) and the Australian trade union AMWU. One...
3 July 2007
EU: a joint declaration from European social partners of the meat-processing sector
The European federation EFFAT and the Clitravi, the organization of employers from the meat sector, met for the first time on July 2, 2007, to evaluate the best means to take u the challenges with...
3 July 2007
Germany: a “pact for the future” insures the keeping of Michelin’s German sites and the passing to the 39-hour week
After six months' negotiations, Michelin Deutschland's management, the company's central committee and the IG BCE union (chemistry), presented on July 2, 2007 in Karlsruhe the "Zukunftspakt" which...
3 July 2007
Germany: the break in the trial period can be objected to under three weeks
According to a decision from the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) passed on June 28, 2007 (6AZR 873/06), employees in a trial period who want to protest against the termination of the...
3 July 2007
Spain: the government approved the 2007-2012 health and security at work strategy
The government approved on June 29 the 2007-2012 health and security at work strategy. It was born from a long negotiation which started in February 2005 between social partners, the Labour...
3 July 2007
Austria: agreement on the introduction of a 1.000-euro minimum wage for employees
Going over a point proposed by the coalition ruling, Austrian social partners announced that they found an agreement on the introduction of a 1.000-euro gross minimum wage for all employees, at...
2 July 2007
Germany: minimum wage comes into effect in the industrial cleaning sector
Eleven years after the building sector, the industrial cleaning sector is getting a minimum wage, which came into effect on July 1, 2007. Negotiated by social partners, this minimum wage now...
2 July 2007
EU: first phase of the consultation on transborder transfers of undertaking launched
"It is obvious that we can expect production considerations to become more and more mobile in an economic context influenced by globalization, the EU's enlargement, and the interior market's...
2 July 2007
Cytec : the American chemistry group established an EWC
The American chemistry group Cytec (6.700 employees) established a European works council under the aegis of Belgian legislation to ensure the representation of European employees (almost 1.900...
2 July 2007
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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Italy: telecommunications sector introduces new measures to navigate major transformation
The agreement reached between Asstel, the employers’ association for Italy’s telecommunications sector, and the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom unions centres on strengthening labour relations to...
27 November 2025